Contact

Phone
020 3311 7257

for microbiology

020 3313 3222

for infectious diseases

Background

Dr Kathleen Bamford completed her medical training at Queen's University Belfast. She started working at Hammersmith Hospital in 1998.


Expertise

Medical microbiology, virology, infection prevention and control, all aspects of aetiology, diagnosis, management and prevention of infection across all clinical specialties

Research & publications

Dr Bamford has had a longstanding interest in mucosal infection and worked on the mucosal immunology and aetiology of H. pylori. More recently her interest centres around healthcare-associated infections such as C. difficile, MRSA and CPE, particularly diagnostics, molecular epidemiology and risk.